Attachment for topedo railway-signals



(No Model.)

J. DEUEL. ATTAGHMENT FOR TGRPEDO RAILWAY SIGNALS. No. 345,774. Patented July 20, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

JACOB DEUEL, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS- STGNMENTS, TO THE PALMER TORPEDO 'RATLVVAY SIGNAL COMPANY, OF

PLATNFIELD, NEWV JERSEY.

ATTACHMENT FOR TOPEDO RAILWAYSI GNALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,774,:1ated July 20, 1886.

Application filed November 21, 1885 Serial No. 158,496. (No mode) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB DEUEL, of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutehess and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in 5 Attachments for Torpedo Railway-Signals, of

which the following is a specification.

In my application, No.179,292, filed October 8, 1885, I have shown a torpedo-signal apparatus in which there is a rocking lever adjacent to the rail, and beneath which the cartridge is introduced upon an anvil connected to the rail.

My present invention relates to the means for attaching the anvil and the base of the sig- I nal-instrument to the rail, so that the same may be firmly held in place, and also to means whereby the device may be raised or lowered to accommodate the height of the railway-rail, so that the wheels of a train may act properly in operating the explodenlever.

My invention also relates to a means for guiding the slide that operates the torpedo and preventing it rising during the endwise movement.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the base of the exploder with thelever removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing the parts in their relation to the rail; and Fig. 3 is a face View endwise of the main body of the torpedo- 0 eXploder, showing the slots in the grooved faces.

The anvil A is upon the base A, and the vertical flanges G, forming the pivots for the rocking lever H, are substantially the same as represented in my aforesaid application, and a reference is hereby made to the same for a description of the other parts of the torpedo signal apparatus and for their mode of operation, as my present invention only relates to 0 the means of attaching the base A and anvil A adjustably to the rail B of the railway,and to the means for guiding the torpedo-slide. The base-piece A is to pass along beneath the rail B. It is provided with vertical jaws B near each end, that extend up above the flange of the rail B and below the base-piece A and are grooved in their faces next to the flange of the rail, so that such flange sets into the grooves;

and there are transverse recesses in the basepiece A, and holes through the vertical jaws 5o 13", for the passage of the clamping-bolts C, which bolts also pass th rough slotted holes in the vertical flanges D, that project laterally from the base A at each side of the anvil A, and the faces of the jaws B and of the flanges D that come into contact with each other are scored horizontally by V-shaped channels and corresponding intermediate ribs or teeth, those on one face being adapted to receive those upon the other. The bolts 0 pass across beneath the flanges of the rail B, and terminate with hooked ends that grasp the rail-flange, and at the other ends, where they pass through the flanges D, there are scrcw-threads receiv ing nuts E.

It will now be understood that the baseA and anvil A of the torpedo apparatus can be raised or lowered in relation to the rail B by loosening the nuts E, and then interlocking other of the V-shaped grooves and ribs in the respective faces ofthe flanges D andjaws B and when the nuts E are tightened up the parts are held immovable, because of the interlocking of the respective ribs and grooves.

The slotted holes in the flanges D allow the parts of the torpedo-signal to be raised orlowcred, so that the end of the exploder-lever H will occupy its proper relation to the track, and the wheels passing over the track and operating the torpedo-signal.

This attachment is simple, and by it the torpedo apparatus is easily connected to the rail or removed therefrom when necessary. Besides this, there is an open space between the jaws B, and between the end of the anvil and the base of the rail and base-piece A, for the torpedo-cases and'refuse material to fall down and pass away without producing any obstruction, and said space also serves as apassage-way for the escape of the gases resulting from the go explosion, so that the force of thesame does not injure the machine.

The flanges G are grooved horizontally along their inner faces, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 1, and the slide E, that operates the torpedo, is made with guide-ribsN upon its edges,

which ribs are within the grooves in the flanges O, and hold the slide E in its proper position asit is moved backward and forward.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with the base and anvil in atorpedoexploding apparatus,ofthe flanges D at the sides of the anvil, having roughened faces, the base-piece A, beneath the rail, the vertical jaws B, the base-piece A", and the screw-bolts passing through the flanges and jaws, and having hook-shaped ends to catch the flange of the rail, and nuts to clamp the 7 respective parts, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the base, flanges, and anvil in a torpedo-exploding apparatus, of the base-piece A,beneath the rail, and jaws l3", projecting at one side of the rail, with an 

